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Biden's plan wins support, 130 countries agree to join global minimum tax
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris (France) July 2 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's tax plan has been accepted by 130 countries worldwide including India and China. These nations will implement a global minimum corporate tax rate and duties on multinational giants from 2023, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
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Pakistan's pace of COVID-19 vaccination remains 'very slow'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): Pakistan has vaccinated around five per cent of its total population and 10 per cent of those eligible with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Yet, it still remains one of the low-ranked countries where the pace of vaccination remains very slow.
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Russia rejects involvement in cyberattacks on US claimed by NSA
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian Embassy to the United States has strongly rejected the alleged involvement of the Russian authorities in a series of cyberattacks on government and private facilities in the United States and other countries.
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J&J's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine shows promising signs against Delta
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], July 2 (ANI): Johnson & Johnson on Thursday (local time) announced that its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine showed promising signs of protection against the Delta variant rapidly spreading across the US and other countries, in a small laboratory study.
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COVID-19: UAE bars citizens from travelling to India, Pakistan, other coun
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 2 (ANI): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned its citizens from traveling to several countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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Kerala writes to Centre seeking solutions to Covid vaccination-related iss
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 1 (ANI): The Kerala government has written to the Centre to find solutions to issues faced by expatriates heading to the Gulf countries regarding COVID-19 vaccination.
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'Enough is enough': 4 Nordic newspapers publish front-page letter criticis
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], July 1 (ANI): Four leading newspapers from the Nordic countries marked the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party's founding by publishing a full-front page editorial criticising China's violation of press freedom in Hong Kong.
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Switzerland, Iceland, 7 EU nations okay SII's Covishield vaccine, day afte
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): A day after external affairs minister S Jaishankar said he has taken up with European Union to accept COVID-19 vaccines, such as Covishield and Covaxin, for Indian nationals travelling to Europe, Switzerland, Iceland and seven European Union countries on T
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COVID-19 Delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), July 1 (ANI/Xinhua) -- The Delta COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, has already been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its weekly epidemiological update on Wednesday.
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Italian FM calls for ensuring humanitarian access to crisis zones
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], July 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on Wednesday called on developed countries to take steps to ensure humanitarian access to crisis zones.
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Adani Group has achieved 25 GW renewable capacity target four years ahead
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Noting that India is the only major nation that will achieve most of the COP 21 climate change goals set for 2030 a full eight years ahead of schedule, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Wednesday said that climate justice must also mean that the well-b
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US pressure won't change Pakistan ties with China, says PM Imran Khan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Clarifying stand over China-Pakistan ties, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that it was very unfair of the United States and Western powers to force countries like Pakistan to take sides and downgrade their ties with China.
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